Effect of acidic pH and salt on acid end-products by Lactobacillus plantarum in aerated, glucose-limited continuous culture |
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| Authors: | Mercedes Bobillo Valerie M. Marshall |
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| Affiliation: | Centre for the Sciences of Food and Nutrition, School of Biological and Molecular Sciences, Oxford Polytechnic, Headington, Oxford, UK |
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| Abstract: | In aerated, glucose-limited continuous culture, Lactobacillus plantarum altered its metabolic pathways of acid production in response to changes in environmental pH. Under acidic conditions, acetate and L-lactate production decreased with decreasing pH, whereas levels of D-lactate increased. In the presence of 6% NaCl, acetate and lactate production continued, but no acetate was detected at pH 4.5. |
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